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Intro -- FIRST RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS: DEVELOPMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AND NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY PROVISIONS IN THE SPECTRUM ACT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS -- ROAMING AND PRIORITY ACCESS WITHIN THE 700MHZ BAND -- FIRSTNET STATUS REPORT FOR 2013 -- Chapter 2: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION: MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WOULD ENHANCE THE CYBERSECURITY OF PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES' EMERGING TECHNOLOGY -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- IDENTIFIED FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE HAD LIMITED COORDINATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REGARDING CYBERSECURITY AT PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVE, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- Chapter 3: STATEMENT OF DAVID S. TURETSKY, CHIEF, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OFFIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL GINN, CHAIRMAN, FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AUTHORITY BOARD. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OF FIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CHARTING A PATH FORWARD -- III. CONSULTATION AND OUTREACH -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF DERECK ORR,PROGRAM MANAGER, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAM, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OF FIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- INDEX.

Traffic crashes are one of the ten leading causes of deaths worldwide, and the leading cause of death for young people in the western world - a seemingly necessary evil that accompanies increasing levels of motorization. In this comprehensive 2nd edition of the classic "Traffic Safety and Human Behavior" Dr David Shinar provides a theoretical framework and a critical evaluation of the most recent research findings to comprehend the complexity of traffic safety and the central role that road users - drivers, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians play in it. In the new edition of approximately 1000 pages with nearly 300 graphs and tables, Shinar covers the key issues that relate human behavior to traffic safety and the impact that cultural, policy, and technological changes have on them. In particular the new edition covers the increasing roles that pedestrians and cyclists have in the traffic system and the need to accommodate them; the intrusion of infotainment and its role in driver distraction; and the increasing role of crash-prevention and driver assistance systems in changing the driver-vehicle interaction.

Public Safety Issues - De serie 'Werkdocumenten' omvat stukken die in het kader van de werkzaamheden van de WRR tot stand zijn gekomen en die op aanvraag door de raad beschikbaar worden gesteld. De verantwoordelijkheid voor de inhoud en de ingenomen standpunten berust bij de auteurs.

Intro -- PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: PLANS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: PLANS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AND NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY NEW LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS -- Spectrum Assignment -- Expenditures and Revenue Sources -- Public Safety Trust Fund -- Network Construction Fund -- FirstNet: Limit on Expenditures -- FirstNet: Fee Income and Other Revenue -- State and Local Implementation Fund -- Other Sources of Funds -- Planning Authority -- FirstNet -- State and Local Participation -- Federal Governance -- Public-Private Partnerships -- Infrastructure -- Timeframe -- Next Generation 9-1-1 -- Technology and Standards -- FirstNet -- FCC -- NIST -- OEC -- Need for Standards Development -- INTEROPERABILITY WITHIN THE 700 MHZ BAND -- THE FUTURE -- Infrastructure and Spectrum Management -- CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGRESS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS: VARIOUS CHALLENGES LIKELY TO SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- EVEN WITH INVESTMENT OF SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES, CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS PROVIDE MISSION CRITICAL VOICE CAPABILITIES BUT ARE NOT FULLY INTEROPERABLE -- Public Investment -- Current Public Safety Communications Capabilities -- Interoperability of Current Communication Systems Remains a Limitation -- PLANNING FOR A NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK PROGRESSES, BUT SUCH A NETWORK WILL NOT SUPPORT MISSION CRITICAL VOICE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE -- Federal Role

Physical safety is a core task of government. It is neither surprising nor unreasonable for government to be held accountable for hazardous substances, for food safety, for flood protection, for the spread of infectious diseases, or for the risks involved in new technologies. In 2011 the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations asked the Scientific Council for Government Policy (wrr) to investigate the scope for the development of a generic risk policy in relation to physical safety. Do citizens and businesses take sufficient responsibility for physical safety? Could the government assume a smaller role, and what part could the business community play in this? In this report the WRR argues that in order to answer these questions a distinction needs to be made between incidents, damage, risk and uncertainty. In addition, the wrr recommends that the thinking about responsibility for safety should not be placed in the perspective of a failing government, but that the central focus should be on the ambition of good governance. Finally, the wrr suggests that thinking about safety from the perspective of damage offers a useful framework for thinking through and reassessing the distribution of responsibilities. Responsibility for preventing, limiting and dealing with damage can only be assigned in advance, not retrospectively. - Fysieke veiligheid is een voorwaarde voor individuele ontplooiing en ondernemingszin en vormt de basis voor welvaart en welzijn. Mede dankzij decennia van overheidsinterventies is Nederland relatief gezien een veilig land geworden. Het is daarom noch verrassend noch onredelijk dat de maatschappij de overheid aanspreekt op (potentiële) bedreigingen en daadwerkelijke aantastingen van de fysieke veiligheid. De legitimiteit van de overheid kan onder druk komen te staan als de overheid tekortschiet in de zorg voor fysieke veiligheid. Verwachtingen over de rol van de overheid kunnen echter ook overspannen zijn, de overheid kan immers ook geen absolute veiligheid garanderen of voor elke aantasting van de fysieke veiligheid verantwoordelijk worden gehouden. In deze uitgave stelt de WRR dat de overheid niet als enige de prijs voor veiligheid en de rekening voor schade kan betalen. Ook bedrijven en burgers moeten daarvoor verantwoordelijkheid dragen, bijvoorbeeld door zich beter te verzekeren. Met deze reflectie heeft de WRR een waardevolle bijdrage geleverd aan de actuele, belangrijke en principiële discussie over de verhouding tussen overheid en burger op het gebied van fysieke veiligheid.

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Today, the global pharmaceutical product value chain is becoming increasingly complex and this has led to the emergence of 'multiple quality standards' for medicines. But this non-uniformity in the quality of medicine is also contingent upon both the regulatory milieu in the country of manufacture and the export destination of a pharmaceutical product. The focus of this paper is upon the domestic pharmaceutical market in India, where policy makers often face a trade-off between what has been called 'high quality' and 'affordable quality' medicines. With India being recognised as the pharmacy of the developing world, it is believed that there is need for strict quality specification and enforcement within the country in the first place. Against this background, there have been several reports where doubts have been raised regarding quality of medicines available in India. This paper, by mapping the perspectives of several stakeholders, attempts to bring clarity on issues related to poor quality medicines and suggest institutional reforms in the Indian regulatory regime, looking at good and bad practices followed both domestically and internationally.